A "pisco sour" is a drink made of brandy, lemon, egg whites, and regional spices. Sounds to me like one of those shots designed to make people puke, like a "cement mixer".
W's having no trouble throwing back that pisco sour. He's a pro.
How long before W. is pictured blowing lines off a Filipino hooker wearing a Dick Cheney mask at a cock fight? ... Not long I hope.
Oh shit... that wasn't long at all. He's smoooooov.
Good luck with that shit, Laura.
thanks to gullo for the head's up on the article...
Ladies and Gentlemen... It's finally over. The road getting here was stressful, sleep deprived, adrenaline boosting, rage building, drug addled, and altogether balls-out. However, it's time for one President Obama to kick this country's ass into gear.
Just an aside- something that has been bothering me is all this "only in America" talk, because does ANYONE else remember South Africa? Not just a black man--- a black former political prisoner took the reigns over there, so- lest we forget, please recall that one*.
But I digress! PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. I get chills**, do you? Its pretty awesome. What did y'all do on election night '08? I couldn't contain myself and it being such a stressful 8 years leading up to this, I needed to go out and blow off some steam. STEAM. A few of my friends felt the same way and I had a glorious plan. First we would down some drinkies. Craig went with the very appropriate El Presidente- the beer choice of voters everywhere.
Then, the most important part of said plan, we headed over to the one place someone can always turn to for fun on a Tuesday night and that is, SWEET, at the Slipper Room, with your pantstacular host Seth Herzog.
It was a fun election themed (following the returns)/Seth's bday show, featuring Kristen Schaal, John Mulaney, James Adomian, and Nick Turner- who gave us a fly on the wall perspective of what the DMX interview with XXL magazine (re: who is Barack Obama) was like, which featured these doozies: Are you following the presidential race? Not at all.
You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton. His name is Barack?!
Barack Obama, yeah. Barack?!
Barack. What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?
Yeah, his dad is from Kenya. Barack Obama?
Yeah. What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.
You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before. I ain’t really paying much attention.
I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black… Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your fuckin’ name.” Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack. Anyways it was eye-opening. Seth's mom, always entertaining, read us an open letter she wrote to Sarah Palin... John McCain stopped by, he sounded pretty agitated.
A bunch of us flooded across the street to Epsteins to watch the speeches on the big screen over the bar- they had opened up the window/doors and a crowd gathered round the sidewalk too. It was all very awesome.
Oh and then there was a motorcycle on fire which can only be attributed to civil unrest... but the FDNY and po'po' came and put that shit out. Actually it was funny cuz all us onlookers were standing there taking pictures and the first time it dawned on me that maybe someone should put it out was when the FDNY came and sprayed it down with some extinguishers. oh yeah... I guess we could have put it out... It's hard to extinguish massive fires while simultaneously taking pictures.
I for one welcome our new leader and wish our new President-Elect and the rest of us lots of luck. Additionally, the names of those who voted for McCain/Palin should be printed in local papers around the country so they can be all be put into stocks in the town square and publicly administered a soup-can-to-the-nuts.
Oh and when I got home at 1:30am, my Obama t shirt in it's mailing envelope sat on the table waiting to be opened.
Good timing, douchebags. Good timing.
SLIDESHOW!
* did that sound racist? that wasn't supposed to sound racist. it was supposed to sound funny. ** good chills
Where's Sandman Sims when you need him? I'm starting to feel kinda bad for John McCain. Not bad enough to give the pandering old whacko a sympathy vote, but bad enough to make him some farina or something. The other night at the debate he was just teetering around the stage like a tired old man. He doesn't want to be the President anymore, he just wants to put on some flannel pajamas, eat some apple sauce, and fall asleep in his favorite chair.
There he was onstage at the debate, shuffling around mumbling about "nuclear power" with no full grasp or explanation of the disposal issues of such a venture (he gets his ideas from watching the Jetsons). At around 00:59 he becomes Mr. Burns.
"Senator Obama says it has to be safe or disposed of or something like that, look, I was on Navy ships that had nuclear power plants..." -Senator & Republican Presidential Nominee John Sidney McCain III
Stop for a second, go back, read that again. After watching that clip above (if you did) you should be made aware that Nuclear Power Plants have short shelf lives and even aside from the water, wildlife, and local ground pollution they contribute to while they are in service, when a plant is closed the equipment (including reactors and plutonium) must be dismantled, decontaminated, wrapped in a glorified industrial strength garbage bag, buried in a hole in the ground, and then covered over with cement- eventually* the radiation will dissipate- in other words, there are currently only temporary storage methods for it's disposal. Sounds safe to me! Silly Barack, always bumming people out with facts.
Regardless- just look at this:
Is that the look of a man who still believes what is coming out of his own mouth? All he is now is the slowly fading last hope of the Conservative Republican Dream. The Dream is Dead, Assholes.
Gullo pointed out that this is similar to Nixon's double-V,
it's a good point, cuz you just know if McCain could still lift his arms above his head, he would be doing the same pose.
One "kind" thing McCain has done in the past day or so, is try and settle down the angry rednecks who the anti-Obama propaganda has been aimed at and riling up. "Chants of "terrorist" and "kill him" were reportedly heard at recent McCain Republican events and some commentators blamed hard-hitting negative advertisements which claimed Obama consorted with a domestic "terrorist" -- 1960s radical William Ayers. On Friday, McCain was forced to intervene twice at a town hall meeting in Minnesota after one voter described Obama as an Arab and another said he was "scared" of the Democratic nominee."...
"On Friday during a town hall-style meeting in Lakeville, Minn., a supporter told McCain that he feared what would happen if Obama were elected. McCain drew boos when he defended his rival as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States." "A woman told McCain that she didn't trust Obama because "he's an Arab." Shaking his head and taking the microphone from her, McCain replied: "No, ma'am. He's a decent, family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign is all about."
Oh, and Sarah Palin was found guilty of abusing her power as Gov. of Alaska by pressuring officials to fire her former brother-in-law, a State Trooper who had a messy divorce with her sister. This is the woman who said she thinks the Vice President should be granted more Executive Powers.
It's hard to believe there are still undecided voters out there; at this point they've either gotta be stupid or racist- these people should no longer be allowed to vote.
*plutonium's half life is 25,000 years, by then McCain (and all of us) should theoretically be dead, so you won't have (John McCain) to kick around anymore!
Hey, guess what? AIG execs went on a $440k spa retreat after they were bailed out by the taxpayers! And guess who's room # they put on all the room service bills-- YOURS! "Whoooo, that was a close call, I'll tell you what... Pass the unicorn blood."
Were these egomaniacs deluded enough to think they could get away with this??? Or did they know they were going to get caught? Did they want to get caught and were they trying to go down in a blaze of glory? With... a spa retreat? That's not very "blaze of glory". No, if you're gonna do it, be serious about it. The headline I want to read is, "AIG Executives Drop Acid, Get Naked, Throw Rager On Roof Of Stock Exchange In Blizzard Until Rabid Dogs And Monkey Attack"... Spa retreats are for pussies and cowards.
*did anyone else get the insurance salesman/Tom Cruise vibe coming from McCain at tonight's Town Hall debate? or was that just me?
read about Neel Kashkari, the former Goldman Sachs employee who has just been appointed head of the Office of Financial Stability, responsible for "overseeing" the $800 billion bailou--- i mean, "rescue". click here to read huffington post article about Mr. Kashkari
NOW: Congress just ok'd the bailout bill and Bush signed it.
I'm still wondering why no one thought of fixing this giant hole in the economic levee by repossessing the multiple billions of dollars given to individual ceo's in the past decade and reallocating it to the failing economy instead of making the lower and middle class tax payes absorb the brunt of it. Where's our Robinhood?
Senator Republican Whip Trent Lott is resigning. It's pretty sudden. It's pretty interesting. Here are some reasons why.
LOBBYIST?
There's a new Lobbying Limits & Ethics Reform Bill about start up 1/1/08. Here's the gist: if Trent Lott leaves office by the end of 2007 (which he has just announced he is going to do), he can go into the private sector and only has to wait a year until he can start lobbying his former colleagues in congress. If he waited until the start of 2008 to resign, when the new law takes place, he would have to wait 2 years until he could start lobbying his former colleagues. Additionally, the new law will require any Senator planning on leaving office must disclose within 3 days negotiations for future employment before their successor is elected- and they CANNOT seek employment as a registered lobbyist while still employed by the Senate.
Basically. If Trent Lott leaves before the end of 2007 when the new law takes effect, he has more bargaining power to obtain a job as a lobbyist- and he'll be a more effective one since he can play grab ass with all his buddies in 1 year vs. 2. Could this be about earning more money in the private sector vs. his duties as an elected public servant who has 5 years left on his 6 year term? Not that I'll miss the douchebag, but it just goes to show the possible motives… On Brian Lehrer this morning someone mentioned also "screws" (to quote a t shirt I recently saw: you say "tomato" I say "fuck you") Mississippi as well who are now going to have to scramble for a new Senator in the interim. Look at your Senator now, people! Good stuff.
Trent Lott voted against the Lobby Ethics Reform Bill that is placing all these new restrictions on politicians lucrative behavior that some say he is trying to avoid. Really?
15 minutes on the Brian Lehrer show if you're interested…
However, in a press conference today, Lott denied that the upcoming change in rules had anything to do with his resignation... so maybe he is:
GAY?
Perez Hilton reported on his blog the other day that the reason Trent Lott was resigning so suddenly was because news was about to break of his secret tryst with a muscley armed boy toy (he WAS a cheerleader, you know…). http://perezhilton.com/?p=9498 and that Larry Flynt and Hustler had offered up money to dig some dirt up on Lott back in June… Regardless… Great artist's rendition of cum on the mouth.
GAY LOBBYIST?
Okay, well I've learned in life that things that seem too good to be true usually are… but still… Trent Lott as a gay lobbyist. In the words of Phil Ken Sebben, "HA HA, DANGLY PARTS!"
